diff --git a/docs/conf.py b/docs/conf.py
index 25d002c02e09379817bd801a7993e8b6d954fea8..17ac0cf708eaf5afe461bc70cc41637689a2b610 100644
--- a/docs/conf.py
+++ b/docs/conf.py
@@ -40,6 +40,8 @@ master_doc = 'index'
 suppress_warnings = ['image.nonlocal_uri']
 pygments_style = 'default'
 
+exclude_patterns = ['api-openbis-matlab/*.md']
+
 if sys.version_info < (3, 0):
     tags.add("python2")
 else: